Film Commission Torino Piemonte

When we came across Kiki House of Savoia in 2017, we gathered straight away the political value and the aesthetic power of the contemporary ballroom scene (inspired by the ballroom culture that emerged in 1980s New York from the desire for redemption of the Latino and African-American LGBT community). After spending time with the members of the house, we decided to focus our storytelling on an intimate vision. In particular, we empathized with Giorgia, Letizia and Celeste, the girls of the family. In the international ballroom scene, cisgender women are considered guests and cannot properly be part of the community. Now the scene is opening up to welcome women too, especially in Italy. Giorgia, Letizia and Celeste consider ballrooms a safe place where to express their identities, bodies and sexuality. Shooting this documentary means to send a cultural and political message. We are citizens of a country full of prejudices and stereotypes. The ball culture shows a way to break the mould.